- 12-07-2012, 12:42 #451To eat well in England one must have breakfast three times a day
Somerset Maugham
London: its "buzz" and "vibrancy"... can be codewords for drugs, late-night noise and multi-culturalism run (literally) riot.
- 12-07-2012, 12:46 #452
- 12-07-2012, 12:53 #453
Actually, serious head on, they got on the train while it was still relatively empty one stop before a main station & spread themselves out. Then when it came into the main station they were buried in their Blackberries (probably sexting or organising a riot as youngsters do); refusing to make eye-contact; giving off a highly passive aggressive air & generally making it evident that they were not going to move.
A bloke did ask if they could move up which is when the "got bags, innit" excuse was deployed with more evil eyes. The bloke obviously felt having a battle over it wasn't worth while & stood. I felt, bearing in mind there are some guards on FGW who will try to make one put one's luggage in the rack or pay for a second ticket even when the train isn't full (although this only seems to apply to nice, middle-class looking people) the TOC employee should have done something. They are always deemed to be on duty when on railway property on the way to/from work which is why there have been disciplinaries for blokes having a beer on the way home from a conference even when they are not going into an office on the way.
What gets up my nose is the "fuck you, Jack, I'm OK" attitude of the young women. As far as I am concerned they were children & should have tidied themselves up & maybe even stood if there was an adult needing a seat. Admittedly we always try & get a seat for MasterPlume on the Underground or buses, but that's not going to last long now he is big enough to stand & hold on to keep himself safe. We always insist that he lets all other passengers off transport first when boarding, though, & it's been quite funny to see people's reactions to a small boy gravely saying, "ladies first" if there is one in the queue!To eat well in England one must have breakfast three times a day
Somerset Maugham
London: its "buzz" and "vibrancy"... can be codewords for drugs, late-night noise and multi-culturalism run (literally) riot.
- 12-07-2012, 12:55 #454To eat well in England one must have breakfast three times a day
Somerset Maugham
London: its "buzz" and "vibrancy"... can be codewords for drugs, late-night noise and multi-culturalism run (literally) riot.
- 12-07-2012, 14:37 #455
- 12-07-2012, 16:40 #456
Why is it that (especially women) find that the best place to stop & have a natter is at the tops of stairwells, in restricted width corridors & so on?
Why is it the larger they are the more likely they are to want to walk (very slowly & breathing heavily because of their girth) side by side up stairs?To eat well in England one must have breakfast three times a day
Somerset Maugham
London: its "buzz" and "vibrancy"... can be codewords for drugs, late-night noise and multi-culturalism run (literally) riot.
- 12-07-2012, 17:10 #457Senior Member
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Why when my g/f was shopping in Meadowhall the other day did she count no less than 8 different asian men with missing hands? Convicted thieves or shit bomb makers?
- 12-07-2012, 18:10 #458
- 13-07-2012, 13:01 #459Senior Member
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Why do blokes from the UK's "more vibrant estates" think that the only acceptable look for all occasions is head to toe sportswear?
- 13-07-2012, 13:13 #460Senior Member
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Why do the front wheels on my car get more mingin' than the back ones?




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